News Archive for May 27, 2011
Dems’ ‘Save Our Schools’ proposal dips into projected state revenue increase
By ANN MARIE AMES - Friday, May 27, 2011
ROCK TOWNSHIP --
The Janesville School District would get $6.7 million more state aid in a proposal Assembly Democrats plan to introduce to the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee.
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Enrollment in Elkhorn’s new 4K surpassing expectations
By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ - Friday, May 27, 2011
ELKHORN --
Enrollment in the Elkhorn Area School District’s new 4-year-old kindergarten program is surpassing expectations and continues to climb, a district official says.
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Interstate expansion would start in 2015, take five years
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, May 27, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Expansion of Interstate 90/39 would start in 2015 if Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2011-13 budget is approved.
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McCrone, Legreid collect top Janesville Craig honors
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
Michael McCrone and Emily Legreid have been named the top senior athletes at Janesville Craig High School.
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Janesville Craig, Parker lose league finales
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
A three-game winning streak came to a halt for Janesville Craig’s baseball team Thursday.
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Whitewater School District officials approve cuts
By KEVIN HOFFMAN - Friday, May 27, 2011
WHITEWATER --
Close to 30 parents, educators attend meeting
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Janesville Craig takes down Fort Atkinson
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
Janesville Craig’s softball team ended the regular season on a high note Thursday.
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Rock Valley Conference throwers top area
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
The Rock Valley Conference threw its weight around in Thursday night’s WIAA Division 2 track and field sectional competition.
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46 dogs seized from home near Albany
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
DECATUR TOWNSHIP --
Green County sheriff’s deputies Wednesday afternoon arrested four adults on suspicion of mistreating animals and seized 46 dogs from a home near Albany, according to a news release.
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Parkview no-hitter keys opening action
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
Rhianna Noble’s no-hitter highlighted Orfordville Parkview’s opening-round victory Thursday in WIAA Division 3 regional softball.
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Rock County Sheriff’s Office squad cars get recording equipment
By GINA DUWE - Friday, May 27, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Nine of the Rock County Sheriff’s patrol vehicles now have a video and audio system to record traffic stops and other activities while deputies are on duty.
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Beloit Snappers begin road trip with nine-game losing streak
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
BELOIT --
The downward spiral continued Thursday afternoon for the Beloit Snappers.
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Knilans admits misspeaking during listening session
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Rep. Joe Knilans, R-Janesville, says he made a mistake in presenting information at a recent listening session that indicated school districts would get a $275 increase per student each year under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget.
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Janesville lacrosse drops fifth straight
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
FITCHBURG --
The Westside Regents took a 2-0 lead in the first quarter and never trailed on the way to a 7-3 victory over the Janesville Bluebirds in a Madison Area Lacrosse Association match at McGaw Park on Thursday.
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Work in progress a hit for UW-Whitewater baseball
By TOM MILLER - Friday, May 27, 2011
WHITEWATER --
The Warhawks (36-11) play Buena Vista (32-16) in a first-round game at 4:30 p.m. today at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute.
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Milton program helps children gain confidence by reading to dogs
By SHELLY BIRKELO - Friday, May 27, 2011
JANESVILLE --
Children’s Librarian Stacey Schultz last fall jumped at the chance to have Maggie May and her handler, Deb Stover of Janesville, start presenting Tail Waggin’ Tutors.
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Vandals take down 40 gravestones in Milton Cemetery
By NEIL JOHNSON - Friday, May 27, 2011
MILTON --
Visitors to the Milton Cemetery this Memorial Day weekend will have an unwelcome surprise as dozens of headstones, some of which are more than 100 years old, lie toppled and shattered.
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Public record for May 27, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
Slatter paces Janesville Cougars to girls sectional track and field title
By MIKE JOHNSON - Friday, May 27, 2011
LAKE GENEVA --
Slatter’s exploits led the Craig girls to a sectional title, following up the regional championship the Cougars captured on Monday at Monterey Stadium.
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Warm welcome, few policy wins for Obama in Europe
By JULIE PACE - Friday, May 27, 2011
WARSAW, POLAND --
As President Barack Obama jets across Europe, he is highlighting the characteristics of his presidency his supporters adore and his detractors criticize: sweeping speeches before enamored crowds and policy sessions that emphasize deliberate discussion over concrete results.
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GOP presidential hopefuls shift on global warming
By DINA CAPPIELLO - Friday, May 27, 2011
WASHINGTON --
For Republican presidential contenders who once supported combatting global warming, the race is heating up.
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Miami gains spot in finals
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, May 27, 2011
CHICAGO --
James scored 28 points, Wade added 21, and they led a furious rally in the final minutes as Miami eliminated Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls 83-80 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday
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Brewers out to extend home success
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Friday, May 27, 2011
MILWAUKEE --
The Milwaukee Brewers finally are playing up to their preseason expectations—and even beyond.
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Death notices for May 27, 2011
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, May 27, 2011
Use higher revenues to restore state’s Earned Income Tax Credit
By BY SCOTT ANDERSON, BOB JONES & JON PEACOCK - Friday, May 27, 2011
The Legislature now has the opportunity, and the means, to avoid some of the cuts that would have the most damaging impact on the economic prospects of Wisconsin families. A good place to start would be the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit.
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What Obama did to Israel
By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER - Friday, May 27, 2011
WASHINGTON --
President Obama is demanding that Israel go into peace talks having already forfeited its claim to the territory won in the 1967 war—its only bargaining chit. The basis of negotiations would be that, among other things, the Western Wall and even Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter are Palestinian—alien territory for which Israel must now bargain.
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Invitation for judicial activism
By MICHAEL GERSON - Friday, May 27, 2011
WASHINGTON --
rison overcrowding exposes a democratic disability: Some states are unwilling to provide reasonable services to a group that the public finds profoundly unsympathetic.
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